Reflection is a second attempt by the for-itself to found itself

Evidence

This effort to be to itself its own foundation, to recover and to dominate within itself its own flight, finally to be that flight instead of temporalizing it as the flight which is fled—this effort inevitably results in failure; and it is precisely this failure which is reflection. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 513 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

This phenomenon of reflection is a permanent possibility of the for-itself because reflective scissiparity exists potentially in the for-itself which is reflected-on; it suffices in fact that the reflecting for-itself (reflétant) posit itself for it as a witness of the reflection (reflet) and that the for-itself (the reflection) posit itself for it as a reflection of this reflecting. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 513 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reflection is the for-itself grounding itself as a for-itself; Reflection’s privileged certitude is threatened because the reflected-on consciousness is always past.; Reflection is an intermediate stage of nihilation between self-existence and existence-for-others — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 513 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Reflection is defined as the failed effort of the for-itself to found itself #qualifies (0.95) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 513
• Reflection is consciousness attempting to become its own object #expands (0.90)
• Reflection is structurally possible because the for-itself splits into reflecting and reflected #expands (0.88) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 513
• Reflection aims impossibly to unify the for-itself with itself into a totality #expands (0.85)
• Reflection aims to make the self-coincident being that consciousness can never simply be #exemplifies (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 511